The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-02


THE school in district No 4, taught by
Miss Addie S. Pease, closed Friday, Octo-
Der 2Sth The names of those scholars hav-
ing no absent marks are as follows Hattie
Corss, Bessie Corliss, Mary Marble Eddie
Bennett, Clayton Henry and Henry Knapp.
Those having no tardy marks are Hattie
Corss, Katie Griffin, Clayton Henry, Freddie
Harrington, Leonard Harrington, Henry
Knapp and Levi Nelson. Freddie Harring-
ton, Leonard Harrington and Able Porter
were absent only one-half day each and
Lolo Heaton only one day. Those miss
ing no words in spelling during the term
are Lolo Heaton, BERTHE Marble, Levi
Nelson, Peter Crowley and Clayton Henry.
Mary Crowley missed but one. Miss Pease
is an excellent teacher and it is hoped
her services can be secured for the
school the coming winter Mrs. N
a. Stockwell has moved to S. f.. Marbles.
- David Brown has gone to North
Duxbury to work for John Durxee -
There was a surprise party at John Ryan's
Friday night, October 2Sth, it being the six
teenth birthday of Miss Mary Ryan Miss
Ryan was the recipient of many nice pres
ents. - Miss Lillian A. Porter is steadily
improving.
Marshfield.
EUGENE MERRILL and Henry Greenwood
started on Monday for Florida, where they
are to spend the winter. 80 DIR. Edmond
Packer of Lowell, Mass, visited his father,
Dr. j. O.. A. Packer, last week. 80
Seventy-tive tickets were sold at this sta
ton on Monday to parties taking in the
Boston excursion. - Waverly Town
has closed out his business in Barre and is
stopping with Levi Benton, his wife's father
He intends to 60 to Florida the 1ith instant
for the benefit of his health. - Fifty
couples attended the promenade at Meader's
hall Saturday evening. - James Stearns
and wife returned home last week -
Prudence Benton is boarding at Durand
Bakers - Lilly Dow and Anna Burn
ham have closed their schools and are at
home.
Middlesex.
Miss JENNIE RICHARDSON has returned
home from Brattleboro restored to health,
both mentally and physically. She speaks
well of her treatment while at the asylum.
! - Quite number of our people have
| taken advantage of the excursion rates to
! visit Boston and vicinity. - Henry f.
! Badger and Frank Ward are both improv-
ing. - Rufus Chamberln started for
home from this village last Thursday even
| ing, taking in three school children to ride
with him. A short distance from Hudson's
| Hotel his horse was frightened by the cars.
| 1t turned around and plunged over the
steep bank into the river, where the water
was about five feet deep. Two of the chill
dren-Gilbert Silloway and Bessie Turney-
came very near drowning, but were for
tunately rescued.
Shady Rill.
SCHOOL in district No. II closes next Sat-
urday. - The North Branch Cemetery
Association is repairing its hearse-house.
! - George Patterson's little daughter
| Lily has been very sick with pneumonia, but
is now better.
Moretown.
Mrs. FOLEY has returned to the village.
- Mrs. William Sawyer, who has been
spending the summer in Massachusetts, re-
turned home last week - John Eagan
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farm now carried on by James Dow. Mr..
Dow will move to Waterbury, we under
| stand.
Northfield.
G.. ID. EDGERToN will receive subscrip-
tions and advertisements for the WATCH
MAN, Office in Metcalf's block, over Blake's
store. - At the quarterly election of
day evening, the following were chosen:
c. T., Rev. A. II. Webb; V. T., Mrs. j. L.
Abbott; s., j. NJ. Hit; f. s.. c. d. Edger-
tom T, Clara f. Harwood; Chap, Rev I.
P. Booth; NJ, Will A. Ellis g., Mamie
II. Whitmarsh, Sent, Walter G.. Huntley;
organist, Alma r. Huntley Installation
will take place this week. - Mrs. Mary
Ann, wife of Oscar o. Miller died Friday
night of cancer of the stomach, from which
she had suffered for many years. Funeral
services We're held at the house Sunday
afternoon, Rev. j. o. Sherburn officiating,
and the burial took place in the Center
Cemetery. - Mrs. Fanny, wife of Ira
Whitaker, died Sunday morning and the
funeral will be held today wednesday, at
the house at twelve o'clock. - DR..
Johnson has been visiting his mother at
Franklin, this state, during the past week.
- Father Brelivet returned Friday
from France, where he has been spending
a three months vacation. - Mrs Mary
Blood has moved into the second story of
the tenement in Mrs. Alvord's house on
Central street which she has occupied for
some time and Mrs. Bancroft has taken
the first floor. j. ID. Snow has moved
from the south tenement of William Davis
house on Pearl street to the part of the
Gourley house on School street recently va
Gated by Sherman Kimball who is now in
Mrs Gosley's house. - Mrs. Thomas of
RoXbury has taken rooms in Mrs. Max
hams house on Union street. - The
work of painting the Congregational church
has begun, Mr.. Marble, who recently came
here from Burlington, having taken the job.
- Denison Brown has bought the An
drews stOrehouse in the railroad-yard and
will carry on the flour and feed business.
- The Friends of Devotion, an organiza-
ton connected with the Universalist de-
nomination, will hold a two days meeting
in the Universalist church, commencing
Tuesday evening, November Sth, with "A
sermon by Rev. Ora NJ. Hilton of st. lbans.
Several of the prominent ministers of the
state, as well as laymen, will be present and
take part in the services. A cordial invita-
tion is extended to all. - The public ex-
animation of teachers will be held in room
Il, of the high school building Saturday,
November 18th, at nine A. NJ. - The
Universalst Ladies' Circle will meet with
Mrs Rhoda Severence, School street, next
Thursday afternoon and evening 1t is
a circle for work. - Orrin Latham died
at the poor-farm Saturday morning and
the funeral was held Sunday, Rev. w. j.
Kidder officiating. He was buried at the
Center. =- Al the annual meeting of the
Fair Association, last week Tuesday after
noon, the old board of officers was re-
elected. There is "A balance of about $50 in
the treasury after paying all old debts, and
$40 have been raised by subscription to be
used in improving the grounds 1t was
voted to hold the next fair the fourth week
in September. 80 AT the special town
meeting, held Tuesday afternoon, j. X,
Egerton was elected town clerk to ill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of G.. b.
b. Denny. He expects to move the office
to his present location in the NeWS block,
80 Miss Abbie Mcintosh and George c.
Sanborn We're married last Wednesday
evening and left for Montreal on the seven
o'clock express. They will visit relatives
in Maine before returning home =- ID.
Il. Averll and wife and Miss Flora left
Tuesday morning for Campello, Mass,
where they will spend the winter with DR..
j. Ill. Averill. =- Over fifty tickets have
been sold at this station for the Boston ex-
cursion. - William Mccormick died at
the poor-farm about four o'clock Tuesday
! manning Tho NuiI ha hal att FL,